The Pegasus Story

Pegasus Residential was launched in January 2009 by its Principals, Lindy Ware and Debbie Conley, with a bold vision of revolutionizing third-party management. Specializing in luxury level management in a variety of markets, Pegasus Residential currently manages over 35,000+ units for various institutional clients, partnerships, and individual owners.

Our Story

A CULTURE BUILT AROUND

Abandoning tired industry practices, Lindy and Debbie created an organization hinged on relationships and integrity; and where services rendered are consistently referral-worthy. Integrating their unique strengths and rich experience, they began to create a truly unique, family-oriented work culture that was inviting and exhilarating to high-achievers and structured their individual responsibilities so that they could lead their team of overachievers with a "hands-on" approach.

Debbie is a Principal and Chief Operating Officer for Pegasus Residential. Debbie has over 30 years of experience in property management leadership throughout the Southeast, South, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Prior to founding Pegasus Residential with Lindy, Debbie was Regional Vice President for Colonial Properties Trust. Earlier in her career, Debbie served as Senior Regional Manager for Equity Residential, Trammell Crow Residential and Merry Land & Investment Company. Additionally, Debbie has been a Board Member for the Triangle Apartment Association.

Landon is the Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer for Pegasus Residential. He has over 20 years of experience in real estate accounting working for both multi-family and commercial development companies. He also has operational experience in apartment management, hotel management and real estate brokerage. Prior to joining Pegasus, he was employed by Brand Properties, Atlantic Marina Holdings, MD Hodges Enterprises\Blackstone Group and InterSouth Management.

Shae Shults is the Executive Vice President of Client Services for Pegasus Residential, and represents Pegasus as an active member of the exclusive Forbes Real Estate Council. Prior to joining Pegasus in 2014, Shae spent 7+ years with Gables Residential, where she oversaw the business development process, and directed client services initiatives, to include: national RFP request execution, due diligence and relationship management. Previously, Shae also spent two years with Equity Residential and three years with Fairfield Residential. Since entering the multifamily industry in 2002, Shae has been involved in owner-managed, third-party and joint venture assets. Her experience also spans operations to include audit compliance, marketing, capital planning, acquisitions and dispositions. Prior to 2002, Shae spent 10 years with JCPenney Financial Services. She was based in London, England as their Head of European Marketing and was responsible for their business development and marketing throughout the UK.

Yakov is VP Operations for Pegasus Residential overseeing properties in our North Carolina and South Carolina portfolio. He has over 13 years of experience in property management, and has operated in metro markets throughout NC, SC and VA. Yakov began his career with Equity Residential and also worked for Colonial Properties. Yakov has managed a variety of asset types, and has extensive experience operating class-A, lease-up, and repositioning projects for private investors as well as public REITS. Yakov graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Wendy is Vice President Operations and oversees operations in TX, AL, LA, MS and GA, and she has 25+ years of experience in property management. Wendy has extensive experience with lease-ups, repositioning of distressed properties, and acquisitions. She began her career in multi-family as an AVP with Brown Investment Properties, and then migrated to the products and services side of the business where spent over 15 years in leadership positions such as VP of Sales and Senior Regional Sales Director with RentPath, representing multiple ILS sources. Wendy has served on several Apartment Association boards throughout the Southeast, as well as committee involvement for the National Apartment Association. Wendy has a strong background in executive-level portfolio management, associate recruitment and training, in addition to solid digital marketing and social media expertise as a result of her tenure in the multi-family advertising arena. Wendy holds a B.S. degree from University of Maine at Orono, and graduated from the NAA Leadership Lyceum program and has her CAPS designation.

Doreen has extensive experience in conventional properties, lease-up projects, condo conversions, renovations and affordable housing. During her career she has worked on approximately 30+ lease up construction projects and assisted in the sales of more than half of these communities. She also served on the Board of Directors with the Hunters Creek Community Association in 2010. She holds a CAPS designation and has been the recipient of many industry awards, including Manager of the Year, Regional Manager of the Year, Platinum National Awards and Riverstone’s National Achievers award.

Kurt Blanton is the Vice President Corporate Controller for Pegasus Residential. He has over 15 years of experience in multi-family real estate auditing and accounting. Prior to joining Pegasus, he was employed by Trammel Crow Residential, Lane Company and Place Properties. Having joined Pegasus Residential in 2009, Kurt has the honor of being one of the first employees.

Bevan White is the Vice President Marketing for Pegasus Residential, a third-party management company overseeing 35,000 units and 120 communities. He oversees marketing strategies and brand management for both corporate-level and individual communities. Bevan joined Pegasus Residential in 2010, just after its inception. He has worked in the multifamily industry for nearly 20 years in the Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles and Nashville markets.

Lindy is a Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Pegasus Residential. Lindy has over 30 years experience in development and property management leadership in the Mid-Atlantic, South East and Midwest regions. She has served as Vice President for Merry Land and Investment Company, Trammell Crow Residential and Signature Management. She has successfully more than tripled the size of each company, personally leading changes in the training, asset management, business development, and personnel management programs. The spirit of our company is truly a reflection of her leadership, passion and experience. Lindy has been a guest speaker at the MFE Leadership National Conference.

Kevin Hankins is Vice President of Facilities for Pegasus Residential. He has over 24 years of facilities management experience, which consists of 10 years of on-site maintenance, and 14+ years in corporate directing construction and maintenance teams. He has managed budgets over $85 million, as well as renovation budgets with an average range of $2 million. Kevin has performed over 130 DD’s with Pegasus and has helped underwrite nearly all of them. Prior to joining Pegasus 5 years ago, Kevin worked with Atlantic Realty Partners for 11 years as a Regional Maintenance Manager and Project Manager. Additionally, Kevin was with Post Properties for 2 years as Director of Property Services, and starting his career with Balcor.

Awards

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Pegasus wins awards

At Pegasus we strive to be industry leaders, and our awards prove that mindset. In 2019 alone, we won the following awards: